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Historical Items

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Item 15883

Travis Jury from 1933

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: 1933 Location: Bucksport Media: Photographic print

Item 14916

EMCS field hockey team, Bucksport, 1933

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: 1933 Location: Bucksport Media: Photographic print

Item 16344

Skowhegan Football Team, 1933

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1933 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109714

Kora Temple, Lewiston, 1908-1933

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1908–1933 Location: Lewiston; Lewiston Client: Shriners of North America Architect: Harry S. Coombs; Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Item 109732

U.S. Post Office, Lewiston, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1933 Location: Lewiston Client: United States Postal Service Architect: not listed

Item 109592

Plan of Receiving Vault, Durham, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1933 Location: Durham Client: unknown Architect: George M. Coombs

Online Exhibits

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Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees

While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.

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Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler

Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.

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Sylvan Site: A Model Development

Frederick Wheeler Hinckley, a Portland lawyer and politician, had grand visions of a 200-home development when he began the Sylvan Site in South Portland in 1917. The stock market crash in 1929 put a halt to his plans, but by then he had built 37, no two of which were alike.

Site Pages

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"… of what the section covered, the April 23, 1933 edition of Along the Waterfront discussed news that the treasurer of the Portland Fish Co., Arthur…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Reform and Repeal

"… The Beer Question Newspaper clipping, April 27, 1933. Collections of Maine Historical Society Coll. 1863, Box 3 X Their Security Demands…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 3 of 3

"… names of Strong High School students from 1895 to 1933, terms they were in school, and their grades,” he said."

My Maine Stories

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Annette Addorio: 100+ years of memories from full life
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

From 1914 to 2018, highlights from my life in Biddeford

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An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania

Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars